Marlene Doolan Kemarre
Wild Bush Onion
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Marlene Doolan Kemarre
Wild Bush Onion
Central Art Aboriginal Art Store
Code: 0801917
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 68x87
Year: 2008
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This painting represents the Dreaming and totem of the wild bush onion.
The wild bush onion (yalke) is a significant plant to certain people who own the Dreaming and totem to it. The onions must be collected in a certain way according to Eastern Arrernte (tribal) Law.
In winter time when the top of the plant has died off, the onions are ready to be gathered by the women. The ground is pounded with a rock made into an arc shape and then systematically dug by hand from one side to the other. The onions are cooked in hot sand near the camp fire.
The women also pay homage to the spirit of the bush onion in their ceremonies to ensure its perpetual germination
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